Vice President Ahmed Adeeb

A former vice president of the Maldives, who was arrested after fleeing to India to avoid questioning over the alleged embezzlement of state funds, has been taken to a Maldives detention center after being returned to the country.

Former Vice President of Maldives Ahmed Adeeb Abdul Ghafoor, who had sought political asylum in India after arriving in Tamil Nadu on a cargo vessel, was arrested by Maldives police on Saturday after the Indian authorities sent him back to the island nation.

The former Vice President of Maldives, Ahmed Adeeb Abdul Ghafoor, who arrived in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin on a cargo vessel without any valid documents on Thursday, was sent back to the archipelago in the Indian Ocean by the Coast Guard.

Ahmed Adeeb, the former vice-president of the Maldives, has been held on suspicion of illegal entry into the country and is being questioned by the central government

The Maldives Supreme Court did not seek assistance from the Indian government to enforce its last week's order to release high-profile prisoners, including self-exiled former President Mohamed Nasheed and former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, the Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) said.

A court in the Maldives has jailed former vice president Ahmed Adeeb for 15 years for plotting to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen following an explosion on the president's speed launch last September, his lawyer said on Friday.

Former Maldives vice president Ahmed Adeeb was jailed for 10 years on a terrorism charge, his lawyer said on Monday, weeks after ex-leader Mohamed Nasheed was granted asylum in Britain.

The Maldives government announced today an end to a state of emergency, which was imposed last week after an alleged attempt to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen.

The parliament in the Maldives impeached the vice president today over his alleged role in a blast on the president's speedboat, a day after the government declared a state of emergency that was condemned by the international community.

The United States, the Commonwealth group of countries and rights groups have called on the Maldives to lift a state of emergency declared this week and end a crackdown on dissidents, as authorities stepped up security in the tropical archipelago.

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen today described his deputy as a threat to national security after his arrest over an alleged attempt to assassinate Yameen in a speedboat bombing last month.

Maldivian authorities today arrested the nation's Vice President Ahmed Adeeb over an alleged plot to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen, who escaped death after his boat was hit by a bomb last month, the home minister said.

A former vice president of the Maldives, who was arrested after fleeing to India to avoid questioning over the alleged embezzlement of state funds, has been taken to a Maldives detention center after being returned to the country.

Former Vice President of Maldives Ahmed Adeeb Abdul Ghafoor, who had sought political asylum in India after arriving in Tamil Nadu on a cargo vessel, was arrested by Maldives police on Saturday after the Indian authorities sent him back to the island nation.

The former Vice President of Maldives, Ahmed Adeeb Abdul Ghafoor, who arrived in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin on a cargo vessel without any valid documents on Thursday, was sent back to the archipelago in the Indian Ocean by the Coast Guard.

Ahmed Adeeb, the former vice-president of the Maldives, has been held on suspicion of illegal entry into the country and is being questioned by the central government

The Maldives Supreme Court did not seek assistance from the Indian government to enforce its last week's order to release high-profile prisoners, including self-exiled former President Mohamed Nasheed and former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, the Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) said.

A court in the Maldives has jailed former vice president Ahmed Adeeb for 15 years for plotting to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen following an explosion on the president's speed launch last September, his lawyer said on Friday.

Former Maldives vice president Ahmed Adeeb was jailed for 10 years on a terrorism charge, his lawyer said on Monday, weeks after ex-leader Mohamed Nasheed was granted asylum in Britain.

The Maldives government announced today an end to a state of emergency, which was imposed last week after an alleged attempt to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen.

The parliament in the Maldives impeached the vice president today over his alleged role in a blast on the president's speedboat, a day after the government declared a state of emergency that was condemned by the international community.

The United States, the Commonwealth group of countries and rights groups have called on the Maldives to lift a state of emergency declared this week and end a crackdown on dissidents, as authorities stepped up security in the tropical archipelago.

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen today described his deputy as a threat to national security after his arrest over an alleged attempt to assassinate Yameen in a speedboat bombing last month.

Maldivian authorities today arrested the nation's Vice President Ahmed Adeeb over an alleged plot to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen, who escaped death after his boat was hit by a bomb last month, the home minister said.